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The New York Times reports that at least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were reassigned or demoted “after they raised concerns about the spending and management” of the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.

During a tax-reform event in West Virginia, President Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that voter fraud was a problem in the 2016 presidential election and criticized Democratic Senator Joe Manchin for voting against the GOP tax-reform bill.

Trump told reporters that he didn’t know that his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, made a $130,000 payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair.

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Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya quotes from of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as he speaks regarding the poisoning incident in Salisbury, Britain, at UN headquarters in New York. Lucas Jackson / Reuters

‘Have You Ever Seen Luxury Like This?’: Even as President Trump has avoided the kinds of public events that were commonplace for his predecessors, he’s sustained one staple of presidential power: throwing a great dinner party. (Nancy Cook, Politico)

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‘When Times Get Tough’:This short documentary offers a window into the life of a family threatened to be torn apart by recidivism. (James Burns, The Atlantic)